Events of Wednesday, August 9, 1916 (original) (raw)
Events of Wednesday, August 9, 1916
Events of Wednesday, August 9, 1916
8-8-1916 8-10-1916 8-9-1915 8-9-1917
BOS A 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 - 3 13 0 CHI A 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 1 10 1
BOX+PBP WP: Shore (11-5) LP: Scott (7-12)
NY A 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 - 3 11 1 CLE A 2 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 x - 5 10 1
BOX+PBP WP: Coveleski (14-8) LP: Shawkey (14-10) SV: Klepfer (2) HR: Pipp (6), E. Smith (3)
PHI A 1 0 4 0 0 0 1 1 0 - 7 7 2 DET A 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 - 1 4 2
BOX+PBP WP: Bush (10-18) LP: Dubuc (9-8)
WAS A 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 1 7 2 STL A 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 x - 4 7 2
BOX+PBP WP: Davenport (8-10) LP: Johnson (19-14)
CHI N 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 2 3 BRO N 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 x - 6 11 1
BOX+PBP WP: Cheney (11-6) LP: Vaughn (12-12)
STL N 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 3 3 1 (1) NY N 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 6 2
BOX+PBP WP: Doak (10-8) LP: Benton (10-5)
STL N 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 1 - 4 9 3 (2) NY N 0 1 2 0 0 1 4 0 x - 8 9 0
BOX+PBP WP: Perritt (13-8) LP: Steele (3-8) HR: Wilson (2)
CIN N 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 3 0 (1) PHI N 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 x - 1 9 1
BOX+PBP WP: Alexander (21-8) LP: Schulz (7-15)
CIN N 5 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 - 8 15 2 (2) PHI N 3 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 - 7 10 4
BOX+PBP WP: Mitchell (7-6) LP: Bender (7-5)
Standings At Close of Play of August 9, 1916
NL
Team Name G W L T PCT GB RS RA Brooklyn Robins 96 60 35 1 .632 - 368 296 Boston Braves 95 55 38 2 .591 4.0 331 264 Philadelphia Phillies 97 56 41 0 .577 5.0 351 324 New York Giants 96 50 46 0 .521 10.5 376 343 Chicago Cubs 103 46 55 2 .455 17.0 359 336 St. Louis Cardinals 105 46 59 0 .438 19.0 340 422 Pittsburgh Pirates 94 41 53 0 .436 18.5 305 347 Cincinnati Reds 108 40 67 1 .374 26.0 355 453
AL
Team Name G W L T PCT GB RS RA Boston Red Sox 105 60 44 1 .577 - 370 337 Chicago White Sox 108 61 46 1 .570 0.5 410 314 Cleveland Indians 107 59 45 3 .567 1.0 448 379 New York Yankees 105 55 49 1 .529 5.0 398 362 Detroit Tigers 109 57 51 1 .528 5.0 445 430 St. Louis Browns 110 56 51 3 .523 5.5 407 377 Washington Senators 107 51 53 3 .490 9.0 348 366 Philadelphia Athletics 101 20 80 1 .200 38.0 266 527
Debuts on This Date
Team Player Name (Age) NY N George Smith (24)
Transactions
Des Moines (Western) traded Claude Thomas to Washington Senators in exchange for a player to be named later; Des Moines (Western) received optional assignment of Pat Flaherrty and other consideration (February, 1917).